Happy Harmony Week
We are very fortunate to have such a lovely school community where students, staff and families get along and support each other to contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture of acceptance and belonging. Dudley Public School represents the values of kindness and harmony in the community and we acknowledge that our school community is a diverse and multicultural collection of people.
The vast array of birth countries of our students including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Czech Republic and Thailand reflect the diversity of our student population together with 21 students who identify as Aboriginal or/and Torres Strait Islander and 8 students who speak languages other than English at home.
With this in mind, we celebrate the harmonious Dudley Public School community and the unique and wonderful individuals that contribute to making it a great place for our students to thrive, succeed and grow everyday.
NAPLAN 2023
Congratulations to all of our Year 3 and 5 students for completing the NAPLAN assessment. The series of 4 tests have been conducted over the last week and will provide feedback to the school and parents/carers on how students are achieving in relation to their skills in reading, writing, language conventions and numeracy. We are very proud of the way the students have conducted themselves during the tests and are confident that every student in Years 3 and 5 have done their absolute best. Reports on student results will be available to parents later in the year. More information will be distributed to families at this time on how to navigate the test reports.
Attendance Congratulations!
Dudley Public School was the first ranked school in the Glenrock Network of Schools (21 schools in total) in regards to student attendance last week (Term 1, Week 8) with an attendance average of 96.6%. A huge thankyou to all of our parents and carers who have worked incredibly hard this year so far to ensure that our students are present at school and are maximising their learning potential everyday. Our attendance rates are incredibly high this year and each week we have tracked a higher percentage of students present than that of the same time last year. Let’s keep up the great work.
School Photo Day
Next Wednesday 29 March will see our annual school photos take place at school. School photos are a tradition in all schools and are a wonderful keepsake and memory of each person’s time at school. To ensure a successful photo day we ask families to consider the following:
- ALL students wear full summer school uniform (including black/white socks and shoes). Girls have the choice of wearing the red/black polo or tunic dress.
- Please ensure your child/ren are at school on time on photo day to avoid missing their class photos.
- Pack clean foods for Fruit Break and recess, just in case your child’s class photos are after the recess break.
- All payments are made directly with the photo company online. No money is collected by Dudley PS.
School Production 2023 – ‘SKY HIGH’
At the end of Term 3 this year we will be proudly presenting our school musical production ‘SKY HIGH’. It is with great excitement that we begin preparing for the production which will be held on Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 September. Students will present a matinee and two night performances. There will also be a full dress rehearsal on Friday 8 September. Every student will perform on stage throughout the show as each class presents their section of the production culminating in a fantastic finale.
The production will be a fabulous opportunity for the school community to come together to work on a shared project and celebrate the expanding performing arts program at Dudley Public School. More information will be distributed to families next term.
Peer Support Program
This year we have introduced the Peer Support program where students engage in K-6 groupings each fortnight, working collaboratively on aspects of being an effective learner, being resilient and general wellbeing concepts. Each group of students has a Year 6 leader who takes on the teacher role and presents a 30 minute lesson to their peers in the group from Kindergarten to Year 5. Peer Support is timetabled on the Friday of each odd week of term (the alternating Friday to Whole School Assemblies). We look forward to seeing the bonds grow between students across all grades, the development of quality leadership attributes for our Year 6s and an increase in collaborative practice and sense of belonging for all students.
Have a terrific week everyone,
Chad Tsakissiris
Principal
