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NEWSLETTER
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Principal’s Report—PG 1
Last Day of Term 1 & School Crossing—PG 1
Mothers Day Stall—PG 2
Breaking the Link (Attendance)—PG 2
2018 Prep Enrolments—PG 3
Showcase Schedule (Term 2)—PG 3
2 Month Calendar—PG 4
LAST DAY OF TERM 1
Friday 31st March 2017
School finishes at 2:15pm
Public Holidays
Monday 17th April 2017
Tuesday 25th April 2017
No School for Students
The school newsletter is now being emailed via the Parent
Portal!!!!
Family Life Victoria will conduct a Sexuality Education Program on Tuesday 23rd May 2017
These programs support parents to help their children learn about aspects of human sexuality. These
entertaining and valuable sessions are not to be missed.
Preparing for Puberty Years 5-6 Admission: $20 per family
Please note: We will need at least 15 families to attend for the session to run.
School Crossing
The school crossing will not be supervised on Friday 31st March 2017 (the last day of Term 1) as school will be dismissed at 2:15pm. Please take extra care whilst crossing the road and driving in surrounding streets.
Issue 5: Thursday 30th March 2017
40 Lennon Parkway Derrimut Victoria 3030
Ph: 8361 1000 Email: derrimut.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
From the Principal, Joanna Stanford
Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends,
Thank you to our whole school community for a fabulous Term 1. I have enjoyed being a part of your child’s learning for this term.
Our year 3-6 students had a wonderful time at athletics day this week. All students were risk takers and tried their best on the day. Congratulations to Blue House for scoring the most points.
We practised our Emergency Management Plan this week. Our students practised a “lock down”. This is a procedure when students come in from the playground or remain in their learning community. Our students were very responsible, listened to teachers by moving to the appropriate learning spaces and were able to reflect on times that we may need to use this procedure. Students name scenarios that included an ambulance being called for a hurt child in the yard, severe weather conditions, or a car accident in the street. Please discuss these with your child and ways to be safe at school and at home.
I wish you all a safe and happy holiday break and look forward to seeing you all next term. We have some wonderful school and community events for next term. Please check the newsletter and Derrimut Facebook page for updates about these events.
Volunteers Needed—Mother’s Day Stall
DPS is looking for 2-3 volunteers per session who could
help with our Mother’s Day Stall on Thursday 11th May
and Friday 12th May. If you are available between the
times below, please call Katie on 8361 1000. Your help
will be greatly appreciated.
We need your help…
We are after two types of volunteers to help support our school, one being volunteers for a fundraising committee, to help out with different fundraising opportunities, such as Mother’s Day/Father’s day stalls, Easter hampers. The other being, volunteers to help out on the day of our special events. We will be holding an informal morning tea for those who are interested to learn more about volunteering at Derrimut PS. This will be held on Wednesday 19th April at 9:15am in the Resource Centre. If you are interested, please contact Katie and register your details for the morning tea.
THANK YOU
A BIG thank you to all of or wonderful parents who have helped out in many different ways throughout this term. Eg. Classroom Helpers, School Banking, Kitchen/Garden.
Thank you from all the staff at DPS
Health Expo
In May, we will have a Health Expo on Friday 26th May, that will be launched at Showcase. There will be a number of exciting events such as a Teddy Bear Doctors Surgery run by medical students, health checks for our parents, and a range of heath expo stands. If you are a local sporting club or group and would like to get more interest in our club at this expo, please let me know by phone or by emailing the school email address.
Please watch this space to see who and what else will be at the expo.
HOUSE ATHLETICS RESULTS
Congratulations to Lennon House (Blue) on winning the House Athletics Carnival yesterday at Keilor Park
Athletics Track. Well done to all students who participated and thanks to our teachers for running the
events.
1st Place – Lennon (Blue) 191 points
2nd Place – Windsor (Green) 161 points
3rd Place – Stirling (Yellow) 104 points
4th Place – Balmoral (Red) 92 points
Thursday 11th May Friday 12th May
[A] 9:00am—11:00am [C] 9:00am—11:00am
[B] 11:30am—1:30pm [D] 11:30am—1:30pm
Breaking the Link – Attendance
It is so important that our students are attending school every day. This attendance helps with their social, emotional and academic learning. The below table outlines how many days your child will miss over their entire schooling life, if they are consistently away or late. If you have any concerns or need any support regarding your child’s attendance,
please feel free to come and have a chat.- Lina Stephens
Stars of the Week Faith, Noah, Abhishek, Ethan, Shakira,
Ushan, Jedidiah, Angus, David, Vihagi, Tamy, Frances,
CURRICULUM DAY
MONDAY 9TH AUGUST
IS A CURRICULUM DAY.
There will be no school for stu-
dents on this day Happy Birthday To Oscar, Manmeet, Nasya, Ave, Sara
Tucker, James, Leia, Nezha, Aaron,
Rosette, Sally, Yushra, Tylah, Nadeem
strPrep S fantastic reflective thinking .
ategies from our excursion.
5/6B Oscar Xue His independent research skills.
5/6C Angelina
Symeonidis Being an excellent listener
Chatter, chatter, chatter, the sound of my teeth going up and down was the only thing you could hear because on Friday 20th August it was like an ice block on the oval. The first thing was splitting into age groups.
The 10 year olds were doing Discus first. I was in the 10 year old age group even though I am not 10 but I will be soon. As soon as you can imagine! I twisted my body, swung my arm and let go of the discus. Wow! What a great shot. After everybody had their go I had to have another go with some other girl. Another great shot from Leia. It was a great shot but not big enough for a ribbon.
By Leia 3/4A
.
WHOLE SCHOOL SHOWCASE
The Whole School Showcase aims to provide a forum for students and
learning communities, to showcase to parents and our local community, work
and learning that they have embarked on.
Listed below are Term 1 dates:
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE!
Open Community Afternoons
(in the Community) 2:45pm – 3:15pm
Whole School Showcase
(in the Gym)
2:30pm – 3:15pm
April
21st, 28th
May
12th, 19th
June
2nd, 9th, 23rd
Friday 5th May
1/2 Creekbed 2
3/4 Gallery 2
5/6 Grasslands 1
Friday 26th May
Health Launch
Kitchen/Garden
Visual Arts
Friday 16th June
3/4 Purple
Prep Red
5/6 Grasslands 2
Prep Enrolments for 2018
Prep enrolments for 2018 will commence on Tuesday 18th April 2017. If you have a child who will be coming to school
for the first time in 2018, please complete an enrolment form (available from the front office), at your earliest
convenience.
If you know of anyone transferring to Derrimut in other year levels, please alert them to also enrol.
2018 Prep Information Evenings
Tuesday 16th May 2017 at 6:30pm—7:30pm Covering general information about the school
and students starting prep.
Tuesday 21st November 2017 at 6:30pm—7:30pm
2018 Prep School Tours
Thursday 4th May 2017 at 9:00am and 10:00am Thursday 8th June 2017 at 9:00am and 10:00am Thursday 20th July 2017 at 9:00am and 10:00am
Thursday 10th August 2017 at 9:00am and 10:00am
Come along to our Breakfast Club and have something to eat
before school, every Wednesday at 8:15am—8:45am
in the Design Space, It’s FREE and there’s cereal, fruit, porridge or baked beans.
School Banking Upcoming Dates
19th April 2017
26th April 2017
2017 TERM DATES Term 1: Thursday 2nd February 2017—Friday 31st March 2017
Term 2: Tuesday 18th April 2017—Friday 30th June 2017
Term 3: Monday 17th July 2017—Friday 22nd September 2017
Term 4: Monday 9th October 2017—Friday 22nd December 2017
DO YOU HAVE A HEALTH CARE CARD???
Camp, Sports and Excursions Fund 2017 (CSEF) The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps ensure that no student misses out on the opportunity to join their classmates for important, educational and fun
activities. If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be
eligible for CSEF. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. The
allowance is paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting
activities for the benefit of your child.
The annual CSEF amount per student is: $125 for primary school students.
How to Apply: Contact the school office to obtain a CSEF application form.
Due Date: Applications must be returned to the school by 23rd June 2017, which is the closing date
for applications.
APRIL 2017
MAY 2017
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 PUBLIC HOLIDAY—SCHOOL CLOSED
18 First Day of Term 2
19 Volunteer Morning Tea 9:15am
20 21 22 23
24 25 PUBLIC HOLIDAY—SCHOOL CLOSED
ANZAC DAY
26 27 28 Football Tournament
Newsletter
29 30
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1 2 3 Interschool Cross Country
4 School Tours 9am, 10am
5 SHOWCASE 2:30pm
6 7
8 9 10 11 Mothers Day Stall
12 Mothers Day Stall
Newsletter
13 14
15 16 School Council —
6pm
2018 Prep Information Evening 6:30pm—7:30pm
17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 SHOWCASE 2:30pm
Newsletter
27 28
29 30 31
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