Dernancourt School

Pupil Free Days	Term 1	Week 8	Friday	24th March
	Term 2	Week 8	Monday	19th June
	Term 3	Week 6	Friday	1st September
	Term 4	Week 6	Monday	24th November
AGM	Term 1	Week 5	Tuesday	28th February
Sports Day	Term 1	Week 10	Thursday	6th April
School Closure Day	Term 3	Week 7	Monday	4th September

Well, it is hard to believe that we are nearing the end of week 4 already!  It has been a fabulous start to the term.  There are many special activities happening across the school, with the RAA Road Safety team visiting to speak with students over the last week, and classrooms getting ready for swimming lessons next week

It was lovely to see many families here with their students at our Meet and Greet night last week.  For some of you, it was the first time that you have ben allowed to enter classrooms due to Covid.  The school was filled with a positive buzz, and both Kym and I enjoyed talking to families as we wandered around.  Thank you for helping to make the night a success.

The Governing Council AGM is being held on Tuesday the 28th of March at 7pm, in the staffroom.  We are still accepting nominations to join the Governing Council and committees.  If you are interested in attending the AGM, or joining the Council or a Committee, please click on the link below.  We would love to see you there!

RSVP to attend the AGM or Nominate to be on the Governing Council or a Committee HERE

Our annual Sports Day is being planned for Thursday April 6th, excitement is building in classes and staff are busy planning and organising the events for the day.  We will share more information as it becomes available. We are hoping for fabulous weather, as I know the weather was not kind to us last year. I am looking forward to connecting with families on this day.

Julie

 

VOLUNTEERS

Parent volunteers are asked to complete the online Working with Children Checks and the RHan Certificate for volunteers (Fundamentals Course) and the Online General Induction Once completed please email certificate and email verification to dl.0982.info@schools.sa.edu.au. Thank you

WWCC Working with Children Checks link.

https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/rights-and-law/rights-and-responsibilities/screening-checks

RRhan – EC   Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect – Education and Care.

https://www.education.sa.gov.au/working-us/rrhan-ec/rrhan-ec-mandatory-notification-training-list-courses

SAFETY REMINDERS

We have noticed many students arriving at school, and are on site before 8:30am.  A reminder that yard supervision does not begin until 8:30am and we ask that families please encourage students to arrive after this time.  The safety of our students is important.

 

The yard is supervised after school until 3:20pm.  We understand that families often like to stay and enjoy the play equipment after this time.  Please can we ask that students are supervised and in line of site by families after school if staying to play.

Early Years News…

What a fantastic start to the year for our youngest learners. It is a big step starting school for both children and families. We have 44 new Receptions this year over 4 Reception/Year 1 classes and Junior Primary Special Class. They are learning A LOT. Who the important adults are, routines and rules, making friends, a new vocabulary of school words such as assembly, recess, Performing Arts and PE! Our Receptions are working on being brave and building independence on top of learning their next steps in Maths and English! School doesn’t always start out perfect for all children. A child's relationship with school is an ongoing, developing relationship. Open communication with your child's teacher is always key. Please keep in touch via SeeSaw or organise a time with your child’s teacher for a chat. Well done to all our new learners on a positive and brave start to school for 2023.

Kym Dinedios

Deputy Principal

J3	Monique Gill, Oscar Jones	J4	Kyra Pollock, Chloe Haythorpe
J5	Parker Stagg, Harriet Brown	J6	Owen Ballantine, Ondre Hull
J7	Degmen Zhalaye, Marco Ng	P2	Max O'Grady, Violet Mosby
P3	Ziyi Yeo, Kyle Poulten	P4	Isabelle Arthur, Alija Tyrell
P5	Sophie White, Ruby Sadler	P7	James Feeley, Thomas Trebilcock
P8	Ama Ranasinghe, Lucas Smith	P10	Sam Whistler, Taylor West
P12	Sujan Kuoch, Amelia Willis	P14	Sunny Thomassen, Kalan Till
Japanese	Sunny Thomassen	Arts	Mila Harrigan, Ben Shaw

Congratulations to the following classes for winning the inaugural awards for the Dernancourt School Tidy Yard.

Early Years Tidy Teddy Award - J5

Primary Golden Bin Award - P2

Week 5	Alice (P10)	Sihang (P12)	Ebony (P14)
Week 6	Ivy (P12)	Sam (P10)	Ava (P14)
Week 7	Cameron (P10)	Liam (P14)	Evan (P12)

Our first Garden Club group for the year met on Monday of Week 3. More than 150 children across the school have registered interest in wanting to be a part of the Garden Club this year which is an amazing response.

Thank you to our "green thumbs" this week who were Jace P10, Samriddhi P7, Eeshan P3, Lachlan J3 and Aarna J4. Together they planted carrots, magnolias and kale in our garden beds and provided them with much needed water for the hot days ahead.