From the Principal’s Desk

D a l m a i n P r i m a r y S c h o o l

NEWSLETTER 64 Dalmain Street, Kingsley WA 6026 | Phone: 6207 2200 | dalmain.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Monday, 1 March

Labour Day Public Holiday

Tuesday, 2 March to Friday, 5 March

Swimming Lessons PP - Year 6

Thursday, 11 March

Merit Award Assembly

School Board Meeting Staffroom - 6:30pm

Monday, 15 March To Friday, 19 March

Harmony Week

Thursday, 18 March

TA 6 Assembly

ISSUE #4

26 February 2021

Dear Parents and Community Members,

It was certainly a very hot start to the week with temperatures almost reaching 40°C for the first few days. Just in time for the start of Interm Swimming lessons which commenced at the Balga Aquatic centre. I am sure that our students have really enjoyed the opportunity to cool off as well as learning some new water skills. PARENT INFORMATION MEETINGS It was pleasing to see a large number of parents attending the information sessions held by all classes across Monday and Tuesday afternoons this week. Despite the change in location and format the sessions were very informative and provided parents with a great deal of important information regarding the upcoming school year. Teachers delivered key messages around planning in learning areas, social skills, how parents can be involved, homework and various whole school initiatives. My thanks to all class teachers for their excellent planning and presentations. Later this term, Tuesday 30 March, we plan to hold our Parent-Teacher Meetings afternoon. At this time parents will have the opportunity to meet with their child’s class teacher to discuss their progress. Further information regarding this event will be sent home to parents in coming weeks. Naturally, parents are able to organise a meeting time and date that is convenient to both parent and teacher throughout the school year. P&C AGM Last night our P&C met for the first time to elect office bearers for 2021. I am pleased to say that this was a very successful meeting with virtually all positions within the P&C being filled. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all members who volunteered and took up roles in what was a very different year in 2020. The P&C have certainly done an outstanding job in supporting our school community through the past 12 months. Fortunately, many of our present members and office bearers have volunteered to continue on in 2021 making for a very stable transition into this year. A list of elected office bearers can be found inside this newsletter.

Dalmain

NAPLAN Once again this national assessment program is scheduled to take place in schools across all states and territories in Australia. These are planned to occur in early May next term for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Today students in Years 3 and 5 have been given an information flyer to take home to parents. This flyer provides a great deal of information for parents about the assessment program and I would encourage parents to take the time to read through this information. Dalmain Primary School students will essentially complete all NAPLAN assessments online. The exception being the Year 3 Writing component which will be completed on paper. Parents with further queries about NAPLAN can speak to their child’s class teacher or contact the school administration. YEAR 6 PARENT INFORMATION Parents of students in Year 6 should receive a text message today regarding planning of upcoming activities and events for this year. The letter attached to this text is also available from our school office. Parents are welcome to contact the school office or their child’s class teacher if they have any queries. Have a great long weekend.

Don Boyes Principal

School Banking

School Library

FRIDAYS 8:20am

to 8:45am

Dalmain Dockets Term 1 - Week 4

Star of the Week

Chris H - TA 4

Junior Draw Winner

Matilda W - TA 1

Senior Draw Winner

Zeph C - TA 8

Friday Maths

Friday, 26 February - Addition Set 3

Best Class - TA 6

Runners Up - TA 5

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Most Improved - TA 9

Runners Up - TA 5

Student Absences Sent text to 0409 885 439

Parents are reminded that they can advise the school of their child’s absence by SMS.

Failure to contact the school will result in students being marked as UNEXPLAINED on

their attendance record.

Sustainability and Recycling 2021

Year 4 students from TA 8 have been eagerly collecting Dalmain’s recycled paper this term from all areas of the school, as part of our Sustainability program. Their enthusiasm, initiative and maturity completing this task

have been impressive. In writing, students discussed and then wrote about the value of recycling in class and what happens if we don’t recycle?

Recycling

“Jake! Don’t put that in there! Put it in the recycling bin, not the rubbish bin. I’ve got $200 for recycling. It’s good for health, morals and values, plus environmental reasons for the whole world”.

Our health minister has proven that recycling is good for health reasons. We should all recycle. It’s

good for everyone’s health. If you don’t recycle, the air will become toxic; so don’t make me say

that again! Morally we must stop throwing rubbish in waterways because this is the only planet we live on? If we don’t recycle we could lose planet

Earth. Think about the animals? We must recycle. It is bad if we don’t recycle and we could be doomed! Do you want to eat fish filled with

plastic? I bet you don’t?

If we litter, it will damage the environment and ozone layer. Animals would die without their

environment. The air would become toxic and we could suffocate. That would be bad? Wouldn’t it?

Don’t make me say it all again!

Recycling is fun. You can get a healthy workout. It is good for moral reasons and values and great for

the environment.

By Jake B

Recycling Is Good! Right?

Have you ever seen these pictures of the amazing, beautiful and fascinating forests and jungles? Well

they’re getting wrecked or polluted from not recycling… and beaches? Yes beaches! Sea animals are swallowing plastic and when you eat them you

could get sick! I certainly agree we should all recycle for health, morals and values, plus

environmental reasons. Let me tell you why?

Smart individuals realise that recycling is good for your health. If you don’t recycle and you litter, it

could spread bacteria and germs, which will make our clean oxygen dirty and we could all get sick.

Morally, we need to stop throwing rubbish out, so we can do things we love like…going to parks or playgrounds and having friends over. If we don’t

recycle, we will not want to go outside!

Environmental reasons are so important. People who recycle save animals and stop the ozone from spreading. I don’t want to die from the ozone hole,

do you? I also want clean oxygen.

I hope my argument has convinced you to recycle for health, morals and values, plus environmental

reasons. Did I convince you?

By Molly E

Thank you to this week’s canteen helpers:

Sue Hogan, Anna Richards &

Megan Kummerow

Swimming Special

Ploughman’s Lunch - $6

Ham, cheese, veg dip,

carrots, pickles, baguette bread & fruit

Bliss balls, Muesli bars, Brownies & Muffins available at counter.

Dalmain Delights Café Proud sponsors of the weekly ‘Nude Food’ winners

Swimming Lessons Tuesday, 2 March - Friday, 5 March

Pre-primary to Year 6 students will continue to attend interm swimming lessons during week 5.

The bus will be leaving the school approximately 20 minutes prior to the lesson time and will be back

at school within 30 minutes of the swimming lesson finishing. Children will be changing back into their

uniform on their return to school.

Please ensure that ALL children have a clearly labelled bag and clothes.

School Jumper (to wear to and from pool), Bathers, Towel

Goggles, Thongs, Underwear, Plastic bag (for wet bathers)

As many students have long hair, a bathing cap is recommended to keep their hair dry.

SESSION 1 PP2 and TA3 10:15am - 10:55am

SESSION 2 PP1 and TA8 11:00am - 11.40am

SESSION 3 TA1 and TA9 12:10pm - 12:50pm

SESSION 4 TA2 and TA6 12:55pm - 1:35pm

SESSION 5 TA4 and TA5 1:40pm - 2:20pm

2021 Cross Country Information Friday, 26 March at Dalmain Primary

Please find below some approximate times for the upcoming Cross Country. Further information will be sent home with students closer to the date.

Junior Boys Approx. Junior Girls Approx.

YR 1 BOYS 9:00 YR 1 GIRLS 9:05

PP BOYS 9:20 PP GIRLS 9:25

YR 2 BOYS 9:10 YR 2 GIRLS 9:15

YR 3 BOYS 9:30 YR 3 GIRLS 9:35

Senior Boys Approx. Senior Girls Approx.

YR 4 BOYS 9:50 YR 4 GIRLS 10:00

YR 5 BOYS 10:10 YR 5 GIRLS 10:20

YR 6 BOYS 10:30 YR 6 GIRLS 10:40

Dalmain P&C Executive 2021

- COMMITTEE MEMBERS -

PRESIDENT Sabine Steegmann VICE PRESIDENT Kristie Tozer TREASURER Erin Nicholas SECRETARY Bronwyn Matthews

- SUB-COMMITTEE MEMBERS -

CANTEEN COORDINATOR Desiree Amat FUNDRAISING COORDINATOR Amanda Haddock PARENT REP COORDINATOR Anna Richards COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Danae Taylor DUG COORDINATOR TBC BOOKCLUB COORDINATOR Kirralee Dyke

P&C News P&C Meeting - AGM

On Thursday 25 February, the P&C AGM was held. Thank you to everyone that was able to attend the meeting, a special welcome to the new faces - it was great to see you.

We were able to achieve a lot in our meeting last night and our four Office Bearer positions were filled.

Introducing our 2021 President - Sabine Steegmann Vice President - Kristie Tozer

Secretary - Bronwyn Matthews and Treasurer - Erin Nicholas.

P&C Sundowner Friday, 26 March

It is finally happening. Our P&C Sundowner is going ahead on Friday 26 March from 4:30pm.

Click on the link to register your family for catering purposes (one ticket per person attending).

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/dalmain-family-sundowner-2021-tickets-142193860665

This is a free event all registered Dalmain families will

receive a sausage sizzle and ice cream sundae per person. We will also have a bouncy castle, inflatable obstacle course and some outdoor games, so bring a picnic blanket or some chairs and join us for a great

community event.

Class Reps The P&C are looking for a Class Rep for every TA/class in

the school. This person is responsible for passing on messages from the P&C on Facebook and/or email as

needed.

If you are interested, please send your expression of interest to: dalmainpandc@gmail.com

P&C News Facebook Page

The P&C would like to invite all parents at Dalmain to join our Facebook page. Just search Dalmain Primary School P&C and join.

This will keep you updated about everything P&C including upcoming events and projects.

DUG Volunteers The DUG is always after volunteers to help out. You don’t need any special skills or experience,

just a willingness to help.

If you can volunteer this term on the 3rd, 17th or 31st of March,

click on the signup link

https://signup.com/go/NOQWbCX

or, if you are able to help out another time, please see Jane Ridley in Kindy.

Easter Raffle The P&C will be running the Easter Raffle again this year. Your child will soon come home with raffle tickets to sell. We are also asking families to donate items that will be bundled up into raffle prizes.

As well as chocolate donations we ask that you think outside of the box.

New, non-edible donations such as: colouring in items, craft, cooking as well as baskets, ribbons and cellophane will help us create some exciting prizes.

The more items we receive the more prizes there will be on offer!

P&C President’s Report As P&C President, I would like to present a short review of the school year 2020. I would like to acknowledge the challenges we have been facing, the successes we have been celebrating and address my heartfelt thanks to our P&C committee, the school, and the wider school community.

2020 – A year that got all of us by surprise, when seemingly overnight COVID-19, had brought the whole world into turmoil shortly after it first emerged. COVID-19 meant for our school and school staff that big adjustments and changes had to be implemented within a very short time. Parents/caregivers suddenly had to juggle school, work, and daily chores at the same time in the same place with everyone around. For our P&C it meant that planned events had to be cancelled, meetings could not be held, and our Dalmain Delight Café had to close for an uncertain amount of time.

In addition, our P&C started the school year 2020 as a newly found committee, where a few people were new to their individual roles, new to the P&C environment and some even new to the school system. Many of you know better than I that it takes time for a new committee to find their way together and the circumstances of COVID-19 did not make this any easier, since we were not able to socialise and come together. However, looking at the bigger picture and comparing Australia, especially WA to other countries around the world, let us acknowledge that we have been very blessed in this part of the world given that we were mainly back to normal by June 2020.

Despite the challenges we were facing in 2020 I think that we can be proud of the projects we have accomplished to enhance the school experience of our children. We can look back on a variety of projects which had the children as much involved in the process as it was for them. Projects like the 30th anniversary photoshoot, as well as the School Toilet Project. Investments were taken which the children get to enjoy throughout their school time, such as the T-Shirts for our future sport events and the teachers Wishlist to enhance the individual classrooms and/or classroom resources. Spendings were taken for the DUG and the Dalmain Delight Cafe of which both hold so much value for the children, such as the learning experience in the DUG or the healthy food experience from the canteen. Events that were organised to bring parents/caregivers together, such as the first aid demonstration.

Finishing my report, I would like to use this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to Don & Alessandra, all P&C members, and our school community for their great support during my first year as P&C President.

Thank you everyone for attending our meetings throughout the year and bringing your ideas, thoughts, questions, and requests to the committee. Thank you to all P&C members who have taken on a role within our committee in 2020 and performed their role with an amazing effort and dedication. Thank you to our fundraising committee, who has come together regularly and organised some wonderful fundraising events for our children with great effort and true passion. Thank you to Barbara Connick for running our Dalmain Delight Café so passionately, for looking after our children by serving them healthy foods and for connecting with them in such wonderful way. Thank you to everyone who has taken the lead on projects & events we have performed this year for the children and our school community. Thank you to all our volunteers, who supported us in the canteen, in the book club, in the DUG, during fundraisers, events, busy bee days and/or projects.

A special last thank you to the school and all school staff, for supporting our families and particularly the children to adjust to all the changes COVID-19 has brought along and to learn to thrive in our new world past COVID-19. Thank you for the extra time and effort invested to ensure that the children’s learning is always first class.

Sabine Steegmann P&C President

Shrink your ‘Guard Dog’

Our ‘Guard Dog’ (amygdala) gets stress wrong sometimes. It mistakes every day stress, like a friend leaving you out of a game, failing a test, not getting your way etc as a threat to your life. Sometimes we can find ourselves shouting, pushing or speaking in a way we later feel bad about.

Listen to your body: Can you feel your heart rate quicken? Do you feel warmer suddenly or sick in your belly?

Give your ‘Wise Owl’ a chance to switch on by this simple breathing technique:

1. Take 3 anchor breaths.

Feeling nervous? Wound up? Over excited? Possibly can’t focus. Find your ‘anchor spot’, a place on your body where you can feel yourself breathing. Boats use anchors to keep them in one spot in the water. Waves push the boat up and down and side to side, but still the boat remains where it is. When we notice our breath, we are finding our anchor spot, which grounds us and reminds us that we are here in this moment. As you breathe in, say to yourself: “in”. As you breathe out, say to yourself: “out”. You can do this at the start of class, during your break, or at the end of class – any time, all you need is two minutes. You are practicing mindful breathing – a good thing to do while you are calm.

2. Try finger breathing.

Trace your fingers on your left hand with your right hand’s index finger. As you go up a finger breathe in and down the other side: breathe out. Trace the entire hand and then swap.

AND..

3. Think of one thing or person you are thankful for.

Stay tuned for the next Grow Your Mind tip.

Health and Well Being At Dalmain Primary School, the Health and Well Being of our students is a priority and our school is supporting the development of this important aspect in a variety of ways. We have introduced a whole school focus on developing our students' knowledge of what it means to be 'totally' healthy. Our Health curriculum will include the three key components of Physical Health, Mental Health and Social Health. Our students will be supported to understand that Physical Health involves diet, exercise, sleep and other factors that impact on their bodies. Social Health involves relationships with friends, classmates, teachers, family and other members of their community. Mental Health involves them understanding and responding effectively to their thoughts and feelings. We are supporting our students with a range of strategies and activities, and more information will be included in future newsletters.

Halidon Dental Therapy Centre

Dalmain Primary School students will now be seen at Halidon Dental Therapy Centre

The clinic is situated at:

Halidon Primary School 38 Halidon St Kingsley - Ph: 9409 6362

Before/After School & Vacation Care

Care for Kids provide care at Dalmain Primary School in a fun and stimulating environment.

With qualified and experienced staff, the service is Accredited by NCAC.

Phone: 9309 2300 Or pop into undercover area kingsleyoshc@careforkidswa.net.au