Dudley Public School Newsletter

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

We have had another wonderful week at Dudley Public School. It was so nice to be able to invite the community back into our hall for assemblies. They are a very important part of our school, and it was wonderful to see all the smiling faces from not just the adults, but all the students as well. It just goes to show what resilience we are building in our students as it was a very long assembly, but all students, especially Kindergarten handled themselves so well. It was also a pleasure to see all students understand the importance of the awards they were receiving as this is part of our new awards system. The Collaboration award is part of the 6 Dispositions we are embedding across the school. We want our students to be Collaborative, Self- Motivated, Curious, Persevere, and be Creative and Reflective learners. We use this language across the school and all students from K-6 understand what is needed to develop these learning dispositions. The goal for all our students will be to collect a certificate for each disposition, which can be brought into the office to be stamped and receive a special award as recognition for collecting all dispositions.

Week 11

We have a very busy week ahead in Week 11. Not only are we having our whole school Cross Country, but there is also Easter Scripture on Wednesday afternoon, Easter Hat Parade, Easter Raffle and open classrooms on Thursday. Unfortunately, I won’t be at school on Thursday as I am at Hunter Rugby League selection trials, which was postponed from the 17 March. I know everyone will have a wonderful day and I look forward to seeing all the extravagant hats in the photos from the event.

Hunter AFL

Well Done to Lucas MB for gaining selection to the Hunter PSSA AFL team who will play in Coffs Harbour from the 25-27 May. This is a wonderful achievement, and we wish Lucas all the best and hope he has a great time away making news friends and improving his skill in AFL.

Two weeks ago, we took a day at school to remember our beautiful past student Charlie Carr. To celebrate Charlie, we asked students to dress in pink (Charlie's favourite colour) and to bring in a gold coin donation. As a school we raised over $400 for Charlie's charity and, as always, our DPS students did us proud with the 'pink' dress-up theme. Great job Dudley - Charlie will never be forgotten.

With Term 1 almost complete, all students are to be congratulated on their home reading efforts thus far. It has been wonderful to see so many enthusiastic readers, from Kindergarten through to Year 6! Home reading logs are filling up fast, with many students now reaching 25+ nights of home reading.

School holidays are a wonderful opportunity to continue, or catch up on, home reading practice. Research continues to show that shared reading experiences are highly beneficial for young people. Benefits of shared reading include fostering the development of listening skills, spelling, reading comprehension and vocabulary.

As always, thank you for your support of our home reading program. We look forward to continued enthusiasm in Term 2!

Mrs Adams

Photos: Proudly completing 25+ nights of home reading are Thomas and Sylvie (left) as well as Isla and Charlotte (right).

It has been wonderful to see so many enthusiastic helpers join us for Garden Club over the last two weeks! Held every Wednesday at lunchtime, the aim of our Garden Club is to improve the school grounds by weeding, tidying, and establishing new vegetation. Thanks to our fabulous volunteers, we now have new shrubs that have been planted along our Ocean Street fence line!

In our aim to reduce, reuse and recycle where possible, we have recently established a pen and marker recycling program at school. Each classroom now has a container for collecting used pens, highlighters and markers which will then be dropped off to our local Officeworks store for recycling. We were amazed at just how many whiteboard markers were simply being thrown away after use. As a school, we are excited to implement this new initiative!

Photo – Passionate Year 2 students, Shelley, Jimi, Sophie, AJ and Florence, with our new collection containers (below).

Finally, our wonderful P&C Sustainability Sub-Committee has organised a School Garden Working Bee on Sunday 24th April 2022 (last weekend of the school holidays). If you are keen to make a difference and contribute to our school community, we would love to see you! Please see attached flyer for more information.

Mrs Adams & Mrs Mullins

 BUNNINGS BBQ SUCCESS

Thanks to everyone who helped in the lead up slicing onions and lending eskies and on the day with setting up, cooking, serving and lots more to make our Bunnings BBQ at Bennetts Green a success.  Despite a very wet start, things picked up over lunch time and we raised $1,100 for our school.

SPRING BULB FUNDRAISER CLOSES THIS FRIDAY 1 APRIL

Last chance to order bulbs this week online at: www.bulbfundraiser.com.au/DUDLEYPS. Place your order before Friday 1 April and allow 2 weeks for delivery to your house. A great gift idea and a wonderful way to get the family out in the garden AND support our school.  We receive 40% of sales!

SAVE THE DATE – DPS TRIVIA NIGHT

We will be holding a Trivia Night in the evening on Saturday 25 June at Central Leagues Club. Put it in your diary and book your babysitter – a night not to be missed! Tickets on sale early Term 2 and more info to come.  If you would like to help with planning or prizes, please email dudley.fundraising@gmail.com

 JESS MELVILLE & RUTH BATH – FUNDRAISING COORDINATORS