Drummoyne Public School

2023 Prefects

Congratulations to the following students who this week were elected as prefects for 2023 namely: Amber Worden, Sonia Le, Daisy Henwood, Indiana Brown, Gabriella Buckman, Ned Lea, Triet Nguyen,  Liam Pavendranathan, Leo Goldsworthy & Sam Bains.

This followed a lengthy process involving establishing the criteria for nominations by executive staff, nomination by peers, review of nominations by executive and staff, shortlisting by Year 5 peers, presentation of speeches by candidates, participation in the leadership preparation program, voting through secret ballot online by students and teachers and oversight of the process by Assistant Principal, Orla Page. 

School prefects will be inducted at the special assembly on Tuesday 22nd November.  

I would like to convey how proud we are of all of our senior students who stood for prefect. All candidates fulfilled our strict criteria and have demonstrated considerable leadership potential during this process and throughout their time at Drummoyne Public School.  

Student leadership roles now being offered include: sports house captain, sports vice captain, student librarian, technology leaders, environment leader, student representative council (SRC), peer support leader, class buddies and other leadership roles next year. 

Congratulations to all of our Year 4 students who recently sat for the Opportunity Class (OC) placement test. Two of our Year 4 students have received offers to the opportunity class at Balmain Public School namely: Zeeva Young and Asher Barbic from class 4M.  In addition, four students are on reserve for placements in an OC if places become available, namely: Aojun Zheng, Gemma Kim, Alex McDonald and Theo Kav.

New Synthetic Grass

The installation of new synthetic grass over the primary playground is planned for December. The upgrade is being funded by the Department of Education with the tendering process finishing next week. 

School Colour Fun Run

We are excited by the upcoming School Colour Fun Run being organised by our P&C.  All of our students will be participating in the event, walking down to Taplin Park on Friday 25th November.  If you would like your children to join in the fundraising, please go to the P&C section of the newsletter to register.

Leaving Early or Arriving Late in 2023

Will your child be finishing the school year early or returning late next year? The final school day for 2022 is Friday 16 December and the commencement date of 2023 is Tuesday 31 January.

If your child will be absent at these times, would you please fill in the form below to indicate that you will be requiring a place at DPS next year.

November P&C Meeting

Our final P&C meeting this year will be held on Tuesday evening next week and everyone is invited to attend to discuss end of year events and planning for next year.

The meeting will be held on Tuesday 15 November from 7.30pm in the school library. We look forward to seeing you.

Have your say!

Please click on the link below to have your say on all things Drummoyne, including feedback on how we can improve the school.

We would appreciate as many of you as possible completing the survey by Friday 18 November.

http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/662qt 

Last week Georgia Apostolopoulos and Malya represented DPS at the Aboriginal Cultural Day at Orange Grove PS.

The day is a special opportunity for Indigenous children from the Iron Cove network of schools to come together to celebrate their Aboriginal culture and heritage. Malya participated in Aboriginal music, art, dance and storytelling. 

The SRC will be holding a Nude Food day on Wednesdays in Term 4.

Simply put, it’s food without excess packaging. Usually, this means food that is not processed, often making it a healthier and more environmentally friendly option. It could include food packed in containers or wrapped with reusable wrapping. 

Students with 'nude food' will receive a token towards becoming the champion class.

Set Neghoni & Lily Norris

 Respect awards - Rawson says congratulations to:

• Zeeva Young - 4M
• Lachlan Ong - 5H

Responsibility awards - Monty says congratulations to:

• Gabriella Omage - 5N

Resilience awards - Bretty says congratulations to:

• Sophia Kolikias - 4A
• Cyra Loney - 4A
• Tahlia Zagarella - 5H
• Aidan Fahy - 6P

 Mr Dill says congratulations to:

• Sophia Kolikias - 4A - Respect Badge
• Zeeva Young - 4M - Respect Badge
• Lachlan Ong - 5H - Respect Badge
• Tahlia Zagarella - 5H - Responsibility Badge

A gentle reminder that the end of the year is approaching and all library books need to be returned soon. The last week of borrowing for students will be in week 7.

Please help your son or daughter to return all their books by Friday 2 December.

Many thanks,

Mr Neufeld

Brochures for Scholastic Book Club were given out this week and spare copies are available from the library door. The closing date for all orders is Wednesday 30 November.

Please remember Book Club is cashless. All book club orders must be ordered online via Scholastic LOOP and will be delivered to the school.

Please sign in at www.scholastic.com.au/loop. Enter the item number from the Book Club catalogue and pay online.

It’s been another fun year of Code Club. The last Code Club for the year will be Thursday 8 December, week 9. 

Thank you to all the students who have regularly attended Code Club through the year!

Prices are one for $18, 2 for $34, 3 for $46, 4 for $58 or 5 for $70. Any additional photographs are $10 each.

Only online orders can be processed.

Applications for student travel in 2023 open from Monday 10 October 2022. Students who need a School Opal card or travel pass for 2023 can apply now.

A new application will need to be submitted if they are applying for the first time, or if they are requesting an additional travel entitlement as a result of a new shared parental responsibility situation (e.g. joint custody). Students who change address, school, campus location, have repeated a year or received an expiry notification from Transport for NSW for their school travel entitlement should renew or update their details before the end of term 4. This will ensure that schools can endorse applications, and entitlements remain valid for the start of the 2023 school year.

Students in the Opal network applying for an Opal card for the first time will receive their Student Opal card at their nominated postal address. Cards will be mailed out from January 2023.

For further details please see the attachment below.

Thank you to every pre-school child who attended our transition sessions this week.

Our kindergarten teachers have started to visit preschools for observations and to speak to preschool staff.

The Online Enrolment System is designed to provide flexibility for parents to submit an enrolment application online and at the time that best suits you.

The application can be accessed on all browsers and mobile devices including iOS and Android. The online application process is currently restricted to:

• Enrolments into local schools
• Children who are Australian citizens, New Zealand citizens or permanent residents
• Children who live in NSW.

Please ensure your child’s name is permanently and clearly labelled on belongings such as school hats, jackets, lunch boxes, drink bottles and school bags.

Use a permanent laundry marker to label clothes, hats and shoes, or sew or iron on personalised labels. Also please go through your child’s bag with them regularly and check that labels haven’t faded with washing.

Parents may now come on site to check for any lost items at drop off or pick up time.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

If you haven't already, please create a profile for your child at:  https://myprofilepage.com.au

Instructions to create a profile are as below:

• 1. Click Register
• 2. Fill out parent name & email
• 3. 'Click' Register
• 4. Enter the child's name and select class (no need to upload a photo).
• 5. Then share the URL link or QR code via email to family and friends.

It only takes a few minutes, and this way your child will receive incentive prizes for their fundraising efforts. There are great prizes to receive!

Online fundraising for our school will close next Friday 18th November!

Ashley Ibarburu & Duncan Watson

P&C Fundraising 

As the holiday season approaches, let's help  Aussie families to have food on their tables. 

This year, more than 1 in 5 Australians (21%) experienced food insecurity.  With so many Australians in need, we would like everyone to help! Between November 28 and December 15, DPS will be running a food drive. One item per child. All food collected will be provided to families and children who need it the most through FOODBANK. 

The items we are collecting include:

Year 1 (1A, 1C, 1J) - Baby food and formula

Year 2 (2T, 2D, 2M, 2L) - Deodorant, soap and body wash

Year 3 (3A, 3B, 3R) - Shampoo, condition and sanitary items

Year 4 (4A, 4K, 4M) - Noodles, pasta and rice

Year 5 (5C. 5H. 5N. 5/6O) - Good quality tinned food and meals (with ring pulls)

Year 6 (6M, 6P) - Bottled water, long life milk

Please bring them to school and drop them in the boxes in the classrooms from Monday 28 November. 

Thanks in advance for your contribution!.

Please order uniforms online. The P&C will process orders and the school office staff will distribute them.

 Please use our school Registration ID: 2572963 to create an account if you don’t already have one for canteen orders.

The P&C has a pool of second hand uniforms for families in need. Please donate any good quality, unstained uniforms that your child has out grown.

Second hand uniform sales are no longer online through school24 as we cannot be assured we have stock in all sizes. Please send an email request for items you require and we will check if they are available.

As this is the last term for Year 6, I ask that you use up money in your school24 account. Any accounts with outstanding monies would you please attend to this before the term is finished. This will be very much appreciated.

I would like to thank the wonderful volunteers who have helped over the last couple of weeks namely: David, Julia, Jin, Michael , Megan, Kylie and Susan.

Thank you to student helpers Sebastian, Deniz, Shireen, Sophia, Sophie, Issie, Isla, Indie, Georgia , Sophie, Sophie H. , Nara, Rachel, Harper and Tilly.

Fresh fruit salad is available Tuesday-Friday next week. $2.00  

Please know, I had no volunteers for Thursday 10th. Going forward, orders will now be capped for the rest of term. This is so I can manage without help.pologies for any inconvenience. 

Volunteers needed Friday 18th……..9:30am-10:30am…….1.        10:15am-11:15am……2.          1pm-2:45pm……..1   

Contact the canteen on 9819  7665 after 9am.

HOW TO VOLUNTEER

• Log in to school24 account.
• Click on to VOLUNTEER.
• Register your name

The P&C Committee, Canteen Committee, Eugenie and Catherine are very grateful for any time that parents can lend a hand.

Canteen and P&C Committee

All new students needing OOSHC in 2023 need to please complete their Gowrie NSW application forms and return them ASAP to guarantee placement for your child next year.

Contact Rekkha for more information on 0436 616 744.

To book Gowrie NSW enrolment forms can be found on the Gowrie website:

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