Newsletter

James St Dunoon 2480

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E dunoon-p .school @det.nsw.edu.au

W www.dunoon-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Friendship & Learning Tuesday 9 March 2021 Term 1 - Week 7

Every student is known, valued and cared for in our school

Reminders

Text workbook fees & school contri-

butions are due. It would really be

appreciated if these were finalised

before the end of Term One. Thanks

to those families who have already

paid.

Please return ‘Student Information

Update & General Permission 2021’

Year 6: Expression of Interest Note

for Year 7

TERM 1

Tues 9 Mar Lucas Proudfoot visit

Fri 12 Mar PSSA cricket @ Bexhill (selected students)

Wed 17 Mar Year 5 Rivers Roadshow

Thurs 1 Apr Last day of term

Welcome back in to school! We’re so pleased to be able to welcome parents back on site. All parents, after using the QR code, can come on site to drop off or collect children. This will give families a chance to see our ter-rific new outdoor learning areas and feel welcome once again at school! Of course it will still be important to continue to adhere to COVID-safe practices, such as physical distancing between adults of 1.5 metres. Families will be welcome to attend our Friday morning assemblies at 9.10am in the amphitheatre as we are keeping these under half an hour. If parents are coming on site for a longer period, such as for a pre-arranged appointment, you will need to sign the visitors book, as well as check in with the QR code. Parents and carers can attend school sporting events.

Schools should continue to complete COVID-safe plans for school events where more than 50 adults are gathering.

We have been reminded of the importance of remaining vigilant in implementing all COVID-safe practices. We have been advised that some level of restrictions will remain in place for some time and to be prepared to move to learning from home at short notice, if required.

Responding to community trauma

The events in the Dunoon area on Saturday evening were obviously very concerning. As most of our children

were aware of the incident, we spoke simply and calmly to those classes, reinforcing these messages:

This was a very unusual event. The police responded very quickly, using their training to make sure that

everyone was safe.

It is really important to watch what we say, do and view in front of younger children.

Sometimes this type of event can stir up emotions (fear, sadness, helplessness, anxiety, anger) and it’s

important to turn to trusted adults for help.

Our school counsellor, Jenny Strong, spent yesterday at our school and children had the opportunity to speak

with her. If you would like to discuss this further, please get in touch. Thank you

Batter Up!

It was great to have Brad from FNC Baseball

come to coach the students last week. Each

class learnt about hitting, throwing and catch-

ing and Brad was very impressed with the

skills across the school. The teachers’ reign in

the Staff v Student T-ball match could be

under threat this year...

3/4 News

Our 3/4 class has hit the ground running this term and we are super excited to share with you!

We have settled on a name for our class mascot. May we introduce to you ‘Kevinry’. He will be seeing us

through our learning this year and we look forward to it.

We have started our science unit on forces called ‘The force is with you’ and will be creating our very own

arcades based on the unit ‘Caine’s Arcade’. Keep an eye out for updates on our experiments and builds.

For Geography we are exploring Kosciuszko National Park and we have 7 driving questions to guide our

learning.

We have signed up to the ASX School Share Market Game 2021

and will be kicking off soon! Also we have been learning our

racquet skills on the tennis court. Check us out!

Meet the Kinders and their Buddies!

Eve and Angad

Angad: What’s your favourite thing to do at school?

Eve: Play with play doh and painting because they are so fun.

Angad: What’s your favourite game?

Eve: Tag and Hide and Seek because it is so fun.

Angad: What is your favourite sea creature?

Eve: Dolphins because they do tricks.

Angad: What’s your favourite colour?

Eve: Purple and pink because they are very colourful.

Angad: What’s your favourite vegetable?

Eve: Pumpkin because they are tasty.

Angad: What’s your favourite animal?

Eve: Dogs because they are fluffy.

Angad: What’s your favourite season?

Eve: Summer because I get to go in the water.

Angad: Where is your favourite place to be?

Eve: At the beach because I like the sand and water.

Angad: What’s your favourite letter of the alphabet?

Eve: ‘E’ because it spells my name.

Angad: What is your favourite plant?

Eve: Sunflowers because they look like the sun.

Angad: If there was one thing you could do- what would it be?

Eve: I would play doctors.

Strategic Improvement Plan 2021-2024

All NSW DoE schools are currently preparing the Strategic Improvement Plan to be completed

by the end of this term. The process is significantly different to past Strategic Direction Plans

but we are in a good position, having undergone External Validation last year.

The plan’s first Strategic Direction, ‘Growth and Attainment’ is a system-negotiated target

which explicitly addresses the Premier’s targets of Reading and Numeracy.

Our second Strategic Direction, ‘Innovation and Collaboration’, is our school-determined

target. This will focus on Inquiry Learning and Community Engagement.

Our staff members have been working hard on the development of this plan to ensure that it

follows along smoothly from our school’s current practices and builds on measures that will

directly improve students’ learning outcomes.

Congratulations!

Term 1 Week 6 2021

Merit Awards

K Freya, Sophia, Lilliana

1/2 Zac, Ashley, Maya

3/4 Bodhi, Amala, Jasmine, Lily

5/6 Wynn, Evaline, Nirvana

Student of the Week Awards

K Adelaide

1/2 Frankie

3/4 Rosie

5/6 Emily

Aussie of the Month

Eve, Lucy, Charlee, Theo

Gold Awards

Oriel & Frankie S

Community Notices

Channon Market Dunoon P&C is excited to be the Charity of the Day at

The Channon Market THIS Sunday 14 March. There is no BBQ but we will be on the gates to

collect donations (easy!). If you are able to assist by volunteering some time, please let Mr

Henderson know gavin.henderson2@det.nsw.edu.au or 0439798009

Thanks for the many volunteers we have! There is just one more spot that needs to be filled

and after that, we can have 2 people on a gate. Please let Gavin know if your time needs to

change. An email with COVID guidelines will come around this week.

Gate 1 – top (near road) Gate 2 – middle Gate 3 – bottom (near creek)

8.30 Michelle Gray Margie Davis Jess Hyde

9.30 Melissa Kervella Annie Leishman Michelle Davis

10.30 Melissa Kervella Kate Hathaway Lauren Flint

11.30 Keely Jones Trent Scanlan Genevieve Slocombe

12.30 Kate Genders Trent Scanlan Ulf Steinvorth

1.30 Kate Genders Gavin Henderson

Happy Birthday Autumn, Layla

& Ms Collins from all your friends at school!