Drummoyne Public School

Highlights from 2022

Congratulations

Congratulations to all of our students for their dedication to learning, growth and excellence throughout the year and thank you to every parent for your wonderful support of the school in 2022. On your behalf, I would like to sincerely thank every member of the executive and staff for their energy and commitment to the school and wish them a well-deserved break. Best wishes for the festive season.

New Curriculum

From 2023 to 2025 all of the K-6 syllabus documents will change starting with the English and Mathematics for K-2 classes.  Next year all Department of Education primary schools will be providing an additional 5 hours per term to class teachers for professional learning on the new curriculum.  This will increase to 10 hours per term for 2024 and 2025. Assistant Principals will receive one day a week from 2023 to support their teachers with the new curriculum.

This year the school will again be utilising specialised software to form classes and store historical data on student placement. 

Even so, we will utilise anecdotal records, student assessments and other class records to assist with balanced student placement in classes for 2023. 

Students have been engaged in the initial process of forming classes through identifying 5 learning partners.  This is to enable students to have one or two children they know in their class to work with on the first days of the new year before new friendships are formed. 

Considerations for new classes include: 

• Peer preferences, pairings and separations; 
• EALD (English as an Additional Language or Dialect); 
• Academic performance in literary and numeracy; 
• Behaviour; 
• Learning and support needs, and special needs; 
• Balance of boys/girls 

The class formation software assists grade teams and executive to form classes in an informed, logical and efficient way while also keeping a record of all the information.  

The composition of classes will not be known until after all students return at the start of next year. 

First Day 2023 Organisation

Students in Years 1-6 return to school on Tuesday 31st January, 2023 as there are now two staff development days in Term 1. All students will line up in their 2022 class lines at the beginning of the first day of school.  New students are asked to please meet at the office.

Students in 2023 kindergarten classes will be starting school on Monday 6th February 2023 following their Best Start interviews in the first week of school.

2023 Swimming Carnival

The 2023 school swimming carnival will be held on Thursday 16th February 2023 at the Drummoyne Swim Centre. Please encourage your primary children to go for a swim in a 50 metre pool during the summer break. "Go Drummoyne!"

Student Reports

Student reports for Semester 2 were sent home electronically today. Please check your emails and let us know next Monday if you have not received your child's report.

Please check the lost property baskets today.

All items left at the end of Friday 16 December will be washed then added to the second hand uniform pool. All non school uniform items and lunch boxes etc will be donated to charity.

Tree of Life (1909) was created according to the Biblical allusion of the Tree of Life, symbolic of the earth, heavens, and underworld. The spirals, twists, and turns in the branches stand for the complexities of life, whereas some point to the sky, reflecting a connection to the heavenly world. The blackbird at the centre establishes a link with the underworld, signifying doom and death. 

Class 5H used wire, pipe cleaners and wool to create 3D models of Klimt’s Tree of Life, then decorated the branches with beads and pompoms.

This year we are again purchasing student text books and stationary in bulk to make it cheaper for all families.

The book & stationary packs will be available for parents to purchase online from next week. A link will be emailed directly to you. The packs are sent to the school and children will receive their packs once they return to school in 2023.

Please order the pack for the grade your child will be in for 2023 and make payment before 25 January 2023.

The book pack prices for each year group are below.

The book packs include the student text books required at school and necessary stationery they will need during the school year. Depending on the grade, these items include a ruler, pencil sharpener, pencils, whiteboard markers & glue sticks. Amounts have been rounded to the nearest dollar for ease of processing by the office.

• Kindergarten     $50
• Year 1                 $61   *includes 'My Personal Dictionary'
• Year 2                 $56
• Year 3                 $57
• Year 4                 $62
• Year 5                 $66   *includes new 'My Wellbeing Student Planner'
• Year 6                 $66   *includes new 'My Wellbeing Student Planner'

If there are difficulties with payment, please contact the office to make alternate arrangements.

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.

A sincere thank you to every family that has supported the school financially this year. This has enabled us to provide quality programs and learning resources for the children. As we approach the end of the year we now need to balance the books!

To this end, families with payments owing will be sent an invoice outlining any overdue amounts. Your support in finalising school accounts before the end of the school year would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you to everyone who donated food items to the Food Bank food drive. This experience has been so rewarding!

Veronica Tebbitt

P&C Committee

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.

If your child is leaving DPS and no longer needs their uniform, please consider donating them to the uniform shop pool. 

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.

Please send an email request for items you require and we will check if they are available.

Thank you for the generous support of the Monty's Munch canteen throughout 2022. To all of our volunteers, we applaud you!

Canteen and P&C Committee

Please click the below link to see the full Gowrie Summer Vacation Care Program

Contact Rekkha for more information on 0436 616 744.

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