Principal’s Report ~ Milly Stone

Swimming Carnival On Tuesday, our annual swimming carnival was held at the Epping Aquatic Centre. The carnival was extremely well organised and ran very efficiently. I would like to thank Mr Justin Field for all his work in providing a brilliant day for all. Thank you to the staff and parent helpers who ensured the success of the swimming carnival. To all the wonderful children who competed and/or supported their house teams, you certainly showed respect, responsibility and had a very successful carnival. Children who are going to zone have received their notes. Congratulations Dural!

Opal cards One of the requirements travelling on Hillsbus is the need for students to tap on and off when they travel to and from school. Opal data gathered by tapping on and off is used to determine demand for bus services. If students don’t tap on and tap off, services may be cancelled due to the lack of recorded patronage. Parents, please ensure that your children have their Opal cards with them every day and that they use them. It would be sad if some/any of our bus services were cancelled.

Reading to your children This is such an important activity and the benefits are numerous. Reading to children exposes them to a richer vocabulary and has positive impacts on their language, intelligence and development of a love of literacy. The library is a wonderful resource of books as is the Children’s Book Council website. Please take the time to read to your child/children every day.

Cyber safety It is important for parents to be aware of cyber safety and this website is a great read. www.thinkuknow.org.au Keep that website saved as a favourite.

Working Bee This Sunday is our very first working bee for 2019. Our grounds really need your help in cutting back and tidying up all the growth we have had over summer. Our working bee commences at 8.00am and concludes at 12.30pm. Morning tea and lunch is provided. This Friday our children will be ‘Cleaning up Australia” in our school. This will be a great start to our working bee on Sunday. Children are asked to bring in gloves from home so that if they are picking up rubbish, sticks etc. their hands are protected.

Bullying No Way Our leadership team is organising an activity on Friday 15 March to raise awareness about bullying. Please see the next page for details re clothing on the day and a poster competition to be held in conjunction with this activity.

DATES

TO

REMEMBER

THIS WEEK

AT DURAL

FRI 1 MAR Sport

Scripture Begins

SUN 3 MAR

Working Bee 8.00am – 12:30pm

MON 4 MAR

TUE 5 MAR Swimming

Carnival

WED 6 MAR Sport

Assembly 2:00pm

THU 7 MAR

FRI 8 MAR Sport

Zone Swimming Carnival

Term 1 Fees Are due by end of

Week 6 Fri 8 March

Dural Public School

Newsletter

28th February 2019 ~ TERM 1, WEEK 5 622 Old Northern Rd, DURAL NSW 2158 Email: dural-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Phone: 9651 1164 Fax: 9651 4172 Webpage: https://dural-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

The Dural Diamonds Respect Responsibility Success Congratulations to our Diamond Pin Students

BLUE RED GREEN

Cooper M 2/3R

Paige C-W 2/3R

Denzel W 6H

Jake A 2/3R

PINK ORANGE YELLOW

WHITE DOUBLE BLUE DOUBLE RED

Charlotte G 5D

Vincent M 6D

DOUBLE GREEN DOUBLE

ORANGE

DOUBLE YELLOW

DOUBLE WHITE

- Strive for Success -

Leadership Team The leadership team for 2019 are as follows: Captains: Denzel W; Imaia W. Vice Captains: Owen S; Iman A. Andrew P; Emily M; Jeann L; Joshua C; Julia C; Melinda X. Our leadership team is there to help and support the school, staff and students. The first activity that the leadership team is organising is ‘Bullying No Way’. On Friday 15 March children are asked to wear yellow and white, as an awareness raising day. Children have been asked to design a poster to support this important message. Thank you for supporting our leadership team with their initiative.

SWIMMING CARNIVAL

What a magnificent day Tuesday was for a

sensational swimming carnival. The conditions

were perfect.

Well done to all swimmers who tried their

best and competed on the day. The

competition was quite fierce for places in the

Zone Team in some events. A massive thank

you to all the parent helpers; without your

help and assistance events like this cannot be

successful.

Beecroft Zone Softball Trial The Zone Convenor is asking for nominations

from boys and girls in year 5 and/or 6 who

are representative softball players or play in

a high level weekend team level and possess a

very high knowledge and understanding of

softball.

Students will have to supply their own

softball gear at the trial including a

mouthguard and shin-pads.

The Zone Convenor is not asking for

nominations from average or above average

players. If your child meets the above

criteria they need to see Mr Field ASAP.

Dural Public School Cross Country Starting from 11am Tuesday 12th March 2019

Our annual school Cross Country Carnival will be held on 12th March at

Dural Public School. Parents are most welcome to attend and cheer on

the competitors. We will be having an early recess then starting the

carnival at 11:00am.

Due to the nature of this carnival it is impossible to give an exact

start time for each race.

The program of events is:

Year 1 Girls

Year 1 Boys

Year 2 Girls

Year 2 Boys

Kindies Girls

Kindies Boys

8/9 Year Old Girls

8/9 Year Old Boys

10 Year Old Girls

10 Year Old Boys

11 Year Old Girls

11 Year Old Boys

12 Year Old Girls

12 Years Old Boys

If the Cross Country is cancelled due to wet weather you will be

notified through the Dural Public School App on the morning of the

event. The carnival will be postponed to the next suitably dry school

day.

The top 5 in each age race will represent Dural Public School at the

Beecroft Zone Cross Country Carnival at Fagan Park.

Yours in sport

Mr Field

Sport Coordinator

The PRC student site is available this year! Students can search for books to read, add books to their reading logs, and track their progress throughout the challenge. The website is currently being updated and will be available for students when the challenge opens on March 4. You can find the site at https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/studentExperience.html#/ and there is a useful help video available to demonstrate how the site works.

- Strive for Success -

DURAL POOLSMART are seeking enthusiastic sales shop staff and on-road service technicians. Full time and casual positions available. Full training provided. Must be able and willing to lift 20kg. Call Alice on 9651 4133 or drop into Unit 2, 827A Old Northern Road Dural (beside KFC).

- Strive for Success -

Galston Uniting Church 11 School Rd, Galston

Ph. 9653 2039 0413 245 986

Beach Night Dress up & say goodbye to summer!

Friday 1st March, 2019 5:00 – 6:30pm

All kids Kinder to Year 6 are welcome Cost $5

Canteen We have experienced issues on Fridays with

lunch orders for students participating in

PSSA. These lunch orders must be prepared

half an hour earlier than normal, and as

Fridays are our busiest day of the week, this

makes it even busier!

All lunch orders for students participating in

PSSA - must be highlighted accordingly.

If ordering via Flexischools - select

the PSSA option (which is located in

the first section).

If ordering over the counter - please

write PSSA clearly on the lunch bag.

This will assist us in ensuring that all orders

are sorted and prepared correctly.

Rostered this week are:-

FRIDAY 1ST MARCH (SHELLEY)

1) CARMEN OSMOND

2) CYNTHIA LAGENDIJK (10am)

3) KAREN LIDDELL

MONDAY 4TH MARCH (TRUDI)

1) DANIELLE VASSALLO

2) LOLITA SUYKO

WEDNESDAY 6TH MARCH (TRUDI)

1) CAROLINE LYNCH

2) CHRISTINE BARAKAT

FRIDAY 8TH MARCH (SHELLEY)

1) LIPING ZHOU

2) KAREN LIDDELL

3) NEED A HELPER

As always thank you to all our wonderful

volunteers! Your help is much appreciated.

Shelley & Trudi

duralcanteennews@gmail.com

Dear Parents and Carers,

Jigsaw OOSH now has a Facebook page called

‘Jigsaw OOSH Dural’.

We will be able to post pictures and daily

activities in before and after school care and

during vacation care.

We have a form that needs to be completed

regarding permission to publish images of your

child/children. Please note we will never put

the full name of the child for privacy reasons

on Facebook.

If you do not want you child to be

photographed for Facebook purposes, please

make this known to the staff and fill out the

form.

Please like our page and you will be

able to message us and see the

awesome things your child does in the

mornings and afternoons.

Just a reminder of our new mobile number.

0477 720 237

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