Drummoyne Public School

2023 Planning

Our planning for 2023 is well underway. We are finalising our school evaluations next week and are starting to allocate the school’s funding that was released last week. Our evaluations have led us to allocating some further resources towards mathematics, differentiation and implementation of new syllabus documents.

In 2023 teaching staff will be provided additional time for engaging with the new syllabus documents:

• 5 hours per term for classroom teachers
• 1 day per week for Assistant Principals

In addition, time for professional learning this term has been allocated to engaging with the new syllabus documents.

School Run For Fun

We hope everyone has a great time next Friday.

Principal Awards

As we approach the end of term, if students have 5 values awards that can be traded up for a Principal's award, or 3 Principal's awards that can traded up for a Principal's badge please hand them in before the final assemblies for 2022. 

The final assembly for primary students is Tuesday 29 November and the final assembly for infants is Tuesday 6 December.

Outstanding School Expenses

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 November would be greatly appreciated.

School Community Charter

The School Community Charter outlines the responsibilities of parents, carers, educators and school staff in NSW public schools to ensure our learning environments are collaborative, supportive and cohesive. For your interest, I have included a copy of the Charter in the newsletter this week.

We seek your support in assisting your child to demonstrate their responsible use of technology at school. On arrival to school, students are to turn off their phone/device and store in their school bags until the end of the day. Watches/bands with communication capabilities are not to be used during school hours.

Devices can be used again after school, outside the school gates. Exceptions to this are in place for students waiting on school grounds to catch the bus after school where parent contact is required.

Should a student need to contact a parent or carer during the school day, they should ask their teacher or the admin office for permission to use the school’s phone.

During school hours, parents and carers are asked to only contact their children via the school office.

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 

In their recent 'Perspective & Argument' unit, class 1C have been learning how authors use cause and effect to influence the reader and their emotions. To explore this further we used three texts that looked at the effect of pollution on our planet.

As a result of our learning, we were then able to express our opinions on this very important issue.

Please look at our posters and writing on display outside Mrs Colb's office.

Year 6 students are busy planning a fundraising Market Day to be held on Wednesday 30 November. There will be a variety of stalls where students will be able to purchase food such as: sausage sizzle, cupcakes and milkshakes; souvenirs such as: bracelets, bookmarks and a lucky dip;

as well as activities like basketball shooting, water balloon throwing, and a dance competition.  

To purchase things at the Market Day you first need to buy tokens. All items and activities will cost between one and three tokens. Tokens are $1 each and will be sold as packs of 5 or 10. You can buy the tokens through schoolbytes. Tokens will be distributed to students on the morning of the County Fair. 

Look out for posters around the school advertising the stalls and start thinking about what you might like to buy at the Market Day. 

Thank you for supporting the fundraising efforts of Year 6. The proceeds will contribute towards our Year 6 Farewell and a gift to the school. 

Michelle McCauley

Assistant Principal

Congratulations to Sienna Shipp who today represented Drummoyne Public School at the Public Speaking Competition State final.  It was a wonderful competition and Sienna was very proud to represent Drummoyne. 

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

Kevin Christmas,

Program Manager

 Respect awards - Rawson says congratulations to:

• Jana Vavdinos - 2D
• Chloe Anzola Baek - 2L
• Layla Tokalaulevu-Salimbeni - 2M

Responsibility awards - Monty says congratulations to:

• Antonia Charalambous - KA
• Jordan Kelso - 1A
• Cru Lee - 1A
• Riley Fahy - 1J
• Sophie Sorrensen - 1J
• Kai Georgiev - 2L
• Alexia Kanagaratnam - 2L
• Daniel Kipps - 2M
• Isabella El-Rahim - 2T

Resilience awards - Bretty says congratulations to:

• Alexander Flemming - 1A
• Imogen Taylor - 1C
• Allegra Ibarburu - 2L
• Isabella El-Rahim - 2T
• Isabelle Kerr - 2T

Mr Dill says congratulations to:

• Jana Vavdinos - 2D -  Respect Badge
• Charlotte Scanlan - 2T - Respect Badge
• Chloe Anzola Baek - 2L - Responsibility Badge
• Alexia Kanagaratnam - 2L - Responsibility Badge
• Daniel Kipps - 2M - Resilience Badge

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!

Celtic F.C v Everton F.C @ Accor Stadium at 2:45pm, Sunday 20 November 2022 &

Everton F.C v Western Sydney Wanderers @ CommBank Stadium 7:45pm, Wednesday 23 November 2022

Thanks to the Sydney Super Cup, Everton F.C. and Western Sydney Wanderers, students and staff at your school can witness these two fantastic events LIVE!

As our school is participating in this year’s NSW Premier’s School Sport Challenge, each student and staff member has the opportunity to redeem up to four (4) free tickets to this event (subject to availability).

Tickets are strictly limited, with a limit of 1,000 x family passes (equal to 4,000 x individual tickets) available to each event.

To take up this fantastic offer, students and their parents should follow the below steps:

1. Simply select the match or matches you wish to redeem tickets for and click on the link below:

Celtic F.C. v Everton F.C. @ Accor Stadium - https://accorstadium.com.au/premiers-sporting-challenge/

Everton F.C. v Wanderers @ CommBank Stadium - https://commbankstadium.com.au/premiers-sporting-challenge/

2. Register their details via the form

3. Print out the vouchers and bring each voucher to the event to access general admission seating within the aisles specified on their voucher.

For additional information, please visit the Accor Stadium website or the CommBank Stadium website.

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.

Our kindergarten teachers have visited preschools for observations and to speak to preschool staff to enable 2023 classes to be formed.

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.

Whether you've raised funds or not, all DPS students are will take part in our Colour Fun Run next Friday 25th November.

Please make sure you have given online permission for your child to attend or see the office to sign the note manually.

Well done to everyone who raised money. We will reveal the grand total next week.

Parents Volunteers needed

If you are keen to come along and help please follow the link to put your name down for a volunteer session: 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-1DvgtbTQPMqJfKdfJv87jem3y5BtLeHBZUicRHPH4k/edit?usp=sharing

Let's make this a great day for the kids to remember whilst raising much needed funds for new school technology items!

P&C Fundraising committee

We are hosting our first School Colour Fun Run next Friday!!

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 today, 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, Please use up money in your school24 account.

Please attend to any accounts with outstanding monies before the end of term. This will be very much appreciated.

I would like to thank the wonderful volunteers and student helpers who have helped over the last couple of weeks.

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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