Drummoyne Public School

New Infants Playground

A feature of the new adventure playground is a yarning circle (see photo).  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been using yarning circles for thousands of years as a place to talk, share, educate and have a yarn together.  It's a place to build respectful relationships and a space to enrich students' learning. We will use this feature of the playground to build the knowledge, understanding and respect for our First Nations people.

Arriving at school and class on time:

• Ensures that students do not miss out on important learning activities scheduled early in the day
• Helps students learn the importance of punctuality and routine
• Give students time to greet their friends before class
• Reduces classroom disruption

Lateness is recorded as a partial absence and must be explained by parents. Please support your child to arrive at school on time, ready to learn each day. This will set them up for success later in life.

To ensure that the school is able to contact families, would you please let us know if there have been any changes to your home address, email address or phone contact details over the Christmas break. 

You can do this by contacting the school office or emailing: drummoyne-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Thank you for staying in touch with us.

Congratulations to Juliette & Ella (U10 girls) and Isaac & Xavi  (U10 boys) who competed in the touch football Junior State Cup last weekend in Wagga.

Both teams did particularly well and had a great time. The girls were runners up and lost in the grand final and the boys made it to the quarter finals. Well done boys and girls!

Rawson says congratulations to:

• Daxton Ferguson - 3A
• Maeve O'Brien - 3A
• Deniz Kutlu - 4K

Monty says congratulations to:

• Lucas Kadlec - 4A
• Charlie Anderson - 5/6O
• Joshua Campion - 5N
• Jackson Ng - 6M
• Ayden Armstrong - 2T
• Isabelle Kerr - 2T

Bretty says congratulations to:

• Joshua Campion - 5N
• Kylie Arnold - 2D

Mr Dill says congratulations to: All students who received Principal's awards this week.

DPS offers Scholastic Book Club for you to purchase books for your children whilst also supporting the library. Some 20% of your order goes back to the school library in Scholastic rewards, which is spent on new library books and classroom resources.

There are 8 issues a year (two per term). Your child will bring home the catalogues each term. Parents can order and pay online for their child’s Book Club purchase via LOOP (Linked Online Ordering Payment).

Please click on the link below for detailed instructions.

Book Club issue 1 closes on 18 February.

Class photos and individual portraits will be taken on Tuesday 8 March. The photo order envelopes were sent home this week. Each child is asked to hand in their order envelope at the office prior to photo day.

Photo Day Co-ordinator

The school has updated the email addresses for Skoolbag notifications to parents for 2022. However, you must now go into the skoolbag app and update which year group/s you are following this year to receive notifications that are for your child/ren. 

Please do this in these simple steps

1. Open the Skoolbag app on your phone

2. On the home screen press on the Drummoyne Public School symbol in the top ribbon

3. Slide across to GROUPS, where you can then add or remove the year groups you wish to see on your app.

This will ensure that you see notifications that have been sent to specific year group/s, rather than only those sent to the whole school.

School Travel Passes

Students who need a School Opal card or travel pass but have not yet applied need to apply or update their details as soon as possible.

In the Opal network, students should travel with a Child/Youth Opal card until they receive their valid School Opal card. New Student Opal cards (including new Term Bus Passes) will be sent to the student’s nominated postal address within two weeks of their application being approved. .

Terms of Use

Students using Opal cards must tap on and tap off in line with the Opal terms of use. All students are required to comply with the Student code of conduct. The code of conduct aims to ensure the safety and well-being of school children and other passengers. It is important that parents ensure their child is aware of this, as failure to comply with the code of conduct can result in a suspension from travel.

See further information attached below or go to: https://transportnsw.info/school-travel-apply

During the current Covid restrictions, the P&C will process orders for uniforms 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.

1. Long hair tied back.
2. Enclosed shoes to be worn.
3. Any wounds are to be covered.

New items

We have the No Nasties Project sugar-freezies now selling in the canteen available for$1.00. They have replaced Quelch sticks. Please see on line in your school24 account for further information. The Fudgy Bliss Balls have been popular especially over the counter. They are made from medjool dates, rolled oats, desiccated coconut , cocoa powder and a tiny bit of light olive oil.  They sell for $0.50 each. Another popular item has been the Homemade Ice Pops. We will be making them today so they will be ready for Monday and contain watermelon, strawberries and pineapple all blended together and poured into jelly cups. We freeze them for a while and then put paddle pop sticks in. Cost: $1.00.

Our Banana Bread is also made in the canteen using wholemeal and white self raising flours, bananas, light olive oil, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, bicarb soda and a teaspoon of maple syrup. The cost is$2.00 a slice.

Next Wednesday we will be bringing back the Chicken Burger. It will be on line tomorrow afternoon. Pies and sausage rolls will only be available on Tuesdays. Our chicken burgers contain thin sliced chicken (from Caminitis) marinated in a little olive oil, a touch of garlic, seasoned with salt and  pepper with yummy fresh rolls from Rise Bakery. Finished with tomato and lettuce. OPTION: mayonnaise.

its been so wonderful to have the students coming into the canteen. It certainly livens up the place!!! 

Kind regards,

Canteen and P&C Committee

In order for the canteen to be able to offer a sausage sizzle on Fridays and pasta during the week, we desperately need volunteers. If you have half an hour or more to spare we would love to have your help.

Volunteers do need to be double vaccinated and wear a mask. When arriving at the school please show your certificate at the office and check in with the school QR code outside the office. To volunteer, please log in to your school24 account.

• Click on Volunteers Roster in purple.
• Choose month-click view roster.
• Choose day and time. It’s so easy!

We are looking forward to having your company and help plus your children will be so excited to see you too!

Canteen, P&C Committee

We have a new process for obtaining Class Parents this year that we hope will be a smoother and faster process, and get us all connected a lot sooner. The role of the Class Parent is to help facilitate communication among parents via a class WhatsApp group, for sharing information, organising out of school social gatherings and coordinating a teacher gift at the end of the year. The Class Parent will also be the point of contact for the P&C when assistance for events and fundraising is required throughout the year.

We need a Class Parent for EACH CLASS.  This is not an overly time consuming role and perfect if you find your time does not lend itself to contributing in other ways such as in the Canteen or at the Carnival. It's also a great way to get to know other parents. 

If you would like to nominate yourself for Class Parent, please complete the form via the following link:

https://forms.gle/faLvWQnXUaYgkQMp9

Any questions, please contact Sharon at: Classparent@drummoynepublicschool.com.au

Please find attached a flyer with the frequently asked questions for new kindergarten families.

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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